The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964.
Retiring Members
Labor Frank Gaha MHA (Denison)
Liberal Carrol Bramich MHA (Braddon)
House of Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Bass Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The seventh seat had been won in 1959 by independent candidate Reg Turnbull, but a recount conducted following Turnbull's resignation in 1961 had elected a Labor candidate. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidatesGroup A candidatesUngrouped candidates Alexander Atkins* Eric Down Wallace Fraser* Harold Holmes Norman Laurence Mac Le Fevre* Laurence Lovett John Madden*Bill Beattie* Max Bushby* Stewart Chapple Kevin Hendstock James Henty Jack Hookway James McGowen John Steer*Keith Darcey Geoffrey Finney Graeme Millar Colin RattrayEdward Hare Frederick KayeLeslie Arnold Jack HarperBrian Johnson
Braddon Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidates Douglas Blacklow Joseph Britton Geoff Chisholm* Lloyd Costello* Gordon O'Shannessey Eric Reece* Richard Sleath Sydney Ward*Wilfred Barker* Jack Breheny* Ray Grey Ernest Johnson John Leary Kevin Lyons* Charles MacKenzie Loch Roberts William YoungGilbert Allen Thomas Barnard Roger Chalk Anthony Hine Elliott Hooper Eric WebsterRonald Cole John Chapman-Mortimer Abraham Neut
Denison Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor MHA Charley Aylett and Liberal MHA Bill Hodgman, however, were running as independents. Independent Bill Wedd was also defending a seat. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesGroup A candidatesUngrouped candidates Ken Austin* Mary Cumming Merv Everett* Henry Hope Eric Howroyd Neville Lovell Harry McLoughlin* Myron TrippNigel Abbott* George Brown Donald Clark Robert Mather* Gladys Schott Horace Strutt* Rex Townley*John Clemente Bill WeddCharley Aylett Max Bound (CPA) Bill Hodgman Stanislaus Ryan Harold Senior
Franklin Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats, although Liberal MHA Tim Jackson was running as an independent. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesCountry candidatesUngrouped candidates Eric Barnard* William Blackburn Jack Frost* Clyde Harvey Lynda Heaven Terry Martin* Bill Neilson* Ken WriedtDoug Clark* Eric Iles Ken Lowrie Jan Meldrum Mabel Miller Thomas Pearsall* Bill Young*Vernon Rae Kathleen Reynolds James Skinner Gordon Suhr Murrum SweetGeorge Carr Tim Jackson Virgil Morgan (DLP)
Wilmot Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidatesUngrouped candidates William Anderson* Douglas Cashion* Roy Fagan* Thomas McDonald* William McNeil Henry Penny Archibald WilsonBert Bessell* Angus Bethune* Henry Clark Bob Ingamells* Ronald Johnstone Kenneth O'BrienAllen Brown William Dunbabin Solomon Henderson Maxwell Oliver Bernard TaylorAlastair Davidson Harold GraceBruce Hill
See also Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1959–1964 Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1964–1969
References Tasmanian Parliamentary Library